Managing The PC BIOS
Boot Up NumLock Status
This controls the state of the NumLock key when the system boots. This field is toggled between On or Off. When it is on the numeric keypad generates numbers instead of controlling the cursor operations. When it is off the numeric keypad controls cursor operations and does not generate numbers.
Typematic Rate Setting
The keyboard controller determines the rate at which the keystrokes from the keyboard are repeated. If enabled the typematic rate and the typematic delay can be selected.
Typematic Rate
The rate a character will repeat itself on the screen when you hold down a key.
Typematic Delay
This is the delay time (Msec) before the repetition of characters starts.
Security Option
This field allows you to select the “Setup” or “System” security option. It works concurrently with the “ Set Supervisor Password” in the main menu.
When the "Setup" option is selected, you will be prompted to enter your "Password" before you can start the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility. When you select "System" option, you will be prompted to enter your password in order to load the Operating System.
TIP: Forgot your password then clear the RTC RAM
If you happen to forget your password you can use Jumper 9 (JP9) to clear the password by erasing the CMOS Real Time Clock (RTC) Ram. Please see section 2.9.5. on page 24.
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB
Only select OS2 if you are running an OS/2 operating system with a RAM greater than 64 Mb. Otherwise, for all other operating systems, use the default
setting
HDD S.M.A.R.T Capability
You may “enable” this option if your Hard Drive supports the S.M.A.R.T tech- nology (Self Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology) feature. S.M.A.R.T will monitor and report your Hard Drive health status. Ask your Hard Drive vendor for more information.
NOTE: Using this feature may decrease system performance.
Video BIOS Shadow
These fields allow you to change the Video BIOS location from ROM to RAM. Information access is faster through RAM than ROM. Therefore when you enable this option you will enhance your system performance.
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